A New Way to Think About Colors
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2022
- When I learned the idea of color temperature it radically changed the way I select color and made light SO much easier to understand. Here I'll talk about the theory and also put it into practice with a live painting demo
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Here's my obligatory "how is this not a channel with 100s of thousands of subscribers?!" Your examples are so clear that I feel I might be able to actually apply these 'rules' and techniques. In the past I knew of them, but applying them was a different story. The video production is great too. Wishing good things for the future of the channel!
give it time... it will reach it :)
it's a new channel
@@coolamericano yeah mb, I didn't even look at the number of videos 🤣 the current count is well deserved however
Have been asking myself the same question
Aww thank you all! I hope sometime this channel takes off to reach more people, but for now I'm just focused on trying to make great videos and be relaxed about it. I am overwhelmed with the support everyone is giving :) Thanks again!!
i feel so blessed watching this :) this is why i love the internet, you can be a nobody and get lessons from great people, from the comfort of your home, for free. it blows my mind :)
thank you so much, Jeremy. your videos are changing the way i feel about digital painting and the way i feel while i'm painting. I started doing light studies almost daily and it's FUN! i don't know why i struggled with it so much before! always wanted to be the kind of person who sketches daily with ease and now i'm that person :) your algorythm for approaching light studies and your brushes helped a lot. i love how simple and amicable your explanations are, and the way you illustrate them right away make them stick in my mind so well
you are an amazing teacher and i am eternally grateful ❤
Awww, thank you Mary!! Comments like this make creating these videos all worth it!! Yes, painting does not have to be a painful thing. It can be amazing and relaxing too. Thanks for letting me know that my videos helped you out. Keep creating my new friend!!
As a SLIGHTLY color blind person I've always been nervous about "inbetween", muddy or desaturated colors because I never trust myself, "Is there too little pink or too much yellow in this skin tone? Does it look unnatural?" and so on. This way of thinking about it however, as warm and cool light, forgetting the "base color" of the skin completely and showing the color wheel and explaining the very specific pattern this warmness/coolness of light follows, is the best bit of information on color I've ever gotten, thank you very much.
Key thing here: the saturation trick works with transmissive materials, plastics, cheese, plants, skin... saturates because light passes through, and desaturates because of fresnel reflections... if you start to play with different materials you'll see the trick breaks a bit.. do it too much and everything will look like well lit wax
Still is something that works really well for hand painting, and allows you to get these color rich images
Thanks for sharing this with us!
Yes, I would agree with that. The subtleties of this can get the theory to break, but it is still a very useful principle when creating art. Thanks for the feedback
I know this is an old comment but do you know resources that talk about this? I'd love to have the full in-depth explanation of how this works!
@@ceramonemone It's no _that_ old. There's been an insane amount of research on how light interacts with different materials, most of the time you don't really need to go that in-depth to paint pretty pictures. I don't think I can cite any specific sources off the top of my head. However, you'd probably find a lot of information by researching about the algorithms behind Photorealistic Renderers (e.g, Arnold, Cycles, and many many others or just Ray Tracers in general), and by understanding the basics of how light works in real life - how (and why) it 'bounces' off things, or how (and why) it refracts through things, or how it gets absorbed, and even how fluorescence, phosphorescence and glow-in-the-dark properties work. Of course this is all 'in-depth' stuff that won't really affect the final image much if you just want to improve your color theory skills but it will help you build a lot of intuition for how to think about light. You may also want to check (and test for yourself) some CGI Material Design articles, videos and courses, too!
I'm not sure if this serves as the answer you were hoping for, but I sure do love someone who wants to learn more!
Edit: I just remembered Science Asylum and 3Blue1Brown have some excellent videos about the physics of light. And many 3D Art channels, like Blender Guru, Bad Normals, The Rabbit Hole Syndrome, and more gave some glance at how Ray Tracers work, there's also the Pixar In a Box course from Khan Academy, and I'm sure there's much more I either never seen or can't remember. :3
Thanks for taking the time to share this guide post to more information about this.
You have literally changed my life.. not even joking,, I'm always scared of colour because how complicated it looks and I never understood it properly. When I followed you and drew this it felt amazing that I can't even believe I made something believable with no struggle and it's amazing how you taught this so easily without all complications. Thank you.
Thank you Devi! Comments like this make it all worth it. Keep creating my friend!!
Watching Jeremy Vickery makes me feel like he's this generation's Bob Ross. So calming whilst teaching amazing methods!
Yes!!!!
Your videos often hit with the force of dawning revelation, and this one is no exception. I've always struggled with muddy shadows, naively just making my colors darker, and I watched this beautifully articulated lesson with excitement.
I loved the real time demo too, and the bonus timelapse refinement was a great touch - the best of both worlds.
Thank you Jeremy :)
You're welcome Richard!
Holy. This guy really be creating magic everytime he plays with colour, despite saying its messy. Im mindblown. Great video, thanks so much!
I’ve been a full time professional tattooer for 13 years and have never thought of color this way! 🤯Thanks, this is so cool!
6 fingers !
thanks for the video. i didn't learn this as "light temperature" but it is nice to finally be able to give it a name.
This is mind-blowing on so many levels. Profound and yet accessible. And you know my favorite part? It could be the man with six fingers on one hand. I didn't see anyone else mention that...
Two videos (this on and the Color Relativity one) and my mind was blown twice. Happily subscribed. Let the binge watching begin!
Thanks MusicRed!!
again, speaking from my background as an oil painter- this reminds me very much of the work of Henry Hensche at the Cape cod school of art in the eighties. Instead of graying a color, move around the color wheel and increase saturation in the shadows. You explain it really well!
I've not heard of Henry Hersche. I'll have to look him up. Thanks for the lead. I always love learning and hearing different ways to explore color and light
I really love the hand painting you created at the end of the video and the different textures you used on it! Once again a super nice watch, couldn't help but notice that you got a bit carried away while rendering though, giving the hand a total of 6 fingers ;'D
Ha! Yes, I got so into the color I didn't pay attention to the fingers. Hehe. Only people with six fingers and conjure flames at their fingertips :)
The reason shadowy regions, especially self-shadowy regions in cracks or seams or such tend to be more saturated is because, on each bounce, the light effectively gets multiplied by a surface's reflectance spectrum. Such spectra typically are shaped like a smooth peak with slow falloff (though the exact details vary), so if you multiply that spectrum with itself (i.e. a light beam hits the same material multiple times), the peaks get emphasized whereas the rest gets reduced ever more. - Like, a reflectance of 1 remains a 1 as 1*1=1 but a reflectance of 0.5 halves on the next bounce, going to 0.25 which is significantly lower.
Those peaks take the longest to go to black. The color becomes purer and more and more spectral (closer to something like laser light) and simultaneously darker.
The tighter a peak is, the higher the saturation, and bounce light tends to tighten peaks.
As a fun aside, *absorption* (colored glass and such) is basically just the continuous version of that. Going some fixed distance into the material, the color you start with effectively gets multiplied with (baring some technicalities) the absorption spectrum a fixed number of times. So colored transparent materials increase the saturation (but decreases the brighness) of the light that passes through them really quickly!
This can also yield some interesting effects such as the characteristic brown-to-green of pumpkin seed oil. Stuff like that comes about due to two *separate* peaks in the spectrum, one more pronounced than the other, but also sharper, so it already is quite saturated at the start but goes dark pretty quickly, until the other smoother peak overtakes it in terms of what we can see.
YES!!! So nicely stated. You went into a much deeper scientific reasoning for this. Love it!! Thanks for sharing!!
Another great video. Thanks Jeremy :)
:) Thank you!!!
Thank you for uploading another amazing video! This helped me a grasp the changes in value and saturation a lot better in lighting!! I used to struggle on parts where my shadings were kind of bland when I only changed the value in filling shadows in my paintings. This just feel so fascinating and more comprehensible when Jeremy talks about these ☺️
Aww thanks Pinco! I'm glad it helped
From now on, my friend, someone capable of sharing his wisdom selflessly, can only be a friend. Thank you very much
Aww... thanks new friend! :)
Your videos aren't only extremely helpful, your way of speaking is so calming and that's why watching your videos is such a comfortable and fun experience :) Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us (for free!!!)
Aww thanks Melissa! I'm so glad you found this helpful and calming
I love all the comments here from painters. Im a photographer and still found this video fascinating. Thank you!
Thank you Anthony! I'm so glad you found it helpful even for photography :) Isn't light amazing?
As someone who works with 3D softwares I really like how your videos bring the fundamentals I'm familiar with to 2D workflow..
Beautiful videos , keep 'em coming..😃
Yes, I have done a ton of 3d in my career so it influences the way I think about light that is so easily applicable to 2d as well. I'm so glad you found this useful too
Thank you so much for this super helpful video! Your explanations on lighting are so easy to understand. Now I understand more about the theory/explanation behind all these shadows and light, instead of just putting colours that I think is "right"!
I'm so glad I came across this channel! 😭
You are most welcome indeed! I'm delighted you found this helpful. Thanks for letting me know :)
Thank you so much! You are the only one who make it so
clear on the color which confused me many years.
I feel so privileged to have discovered your channel. Your videos have transformed my art! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge ❤️
Another stunning lesson!!!! Wow!
The "Practical Light and Color Theory" DVD was one of my most beloved art classes.
I'm soo glad you see you here to share more of your knowledge on the topic.
It will be great to see how you tackles complex light situations like SSS , colored GI, Caustics, Chromatic aberrations, iridescent "fish like" skin or fabric, resin materials.
I stumbled upon your channel and wanted to say big thank you! You explain this fantastically clear. I really hope more people see your videos, because the information you give is priceless. Thank you!
What an amazing explanation and demo. So cool. You're a great teacher.
I'm so glad I found your channel. You make some of the most insightful art videos on UA-cam!
Wow, thank you for the very kind words!!
I used to find colour and light so daunting - since I sucked at it and was also terrified to study it. One day I tried a few studies following your videos and actually, actually was blown away at what I drew. I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was such a rewarding feeling. Thank you Jeremy 😊
I am SO glad I found your videos. I just want to say thank you so much for making these. You are excellent at explaining in a way that is easily understood.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work up to this point and going forward.
You are most welcome! I'm so glad you found this helpful
I learned a lot of color theory with oil pastels and this just put so many of my thoughts into words and expanded so much of my learning in 20 minutes. much love :)
Thank you!
What a lucid explaination for such a complex theme!
I’m barely halfway through the video and I’m already incredibly grateful for the invaluable information that you have provided in this free UA-cam video. Please continue to make videos like this one as they are one of a kind out there on UA-cam! I trust you just as much as Aaron Blaise! I would not mind at all paying for any art courses you’re thinking of creating.
Wow, that is a very high compliment! Thank you so much!! I appreciate the support and I'll try to keep creating more
Amazing explanation. I love your channel so much. This is what they do not teach in most of art schools. I gratuated from art school and no one teached us color temperature like you. This is priceless.
Your channel is soooo helpful, definitely one of the most useful, if not the most useful art teaching channel I have come across. Love the choice of music you used for this video too, so calming!
Thank you friend! I'm so very glad you liked this and found it helpful. Comments like this make it all worth it!
This is AMAZING content! Seeing how colors change as the eye scans from light to shadow is a revelation for me.
Your videos are pure gold, Jeremy! Thank you!! More please!! Gorgeous work you do.
Thank you Keely! I shall do my best to make more videos. Keep creating too!
It's amazing the form that appeared as you went through the exercise. This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
You have no Idea how long I was searching for this kind of video. Thank you so much for sharing this such valued information. The lego example was super helpful. I literally draw the lego figures in my sketchbook just to realize and get the real feel about the color temp. Thank you it really changed my approach.
Thank you =) Such a blessing to have the pros share their hard earned wisdom :) So kind of you.
You are most welcome! I'm glad you found it useful
This was priceless. Thank you for sharing this wealth of information in theory. Such a great shift in perspective of light, temperature & colors.
I’ve been struggling with colors for almost 6 years and this video finally helped me grasp it, it all makes perfect sense now, I’m literally mind blown 🤯
I’ve been struggling with colour and light for years but you got me to understand it in one sitting. Incredible!
Your videos are unbelievable! You manage to teach SO MUCH in such a short time, and you do it in an incredibly digestible and engaging way. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome Marshall! I'm delighted you found this helpful
Thank you very much Jeremy, I'm so grateful that youtube recommended one of your video to me few weeks ago. You inspire me to start to learn digital art again. I'll look forward for your next videos!!!
Yay! Yes, keep creating! Digital art can be so much fun. I hope my videos keep helping in your exploration
I was doing an art project and needed help with lighting. This literally helped me so much im gonna use this method for the rest of my life. Your amazing keep doing these tutorials.
I can't believe that I watched sooo many drawing and painting videos and never came across the tipps and knowledge you provide. Thank you so much for sharing, every video of yours is an eye-opener! ❤
Thank you Jun! I'm really glad you've found this helpful
Wow I learned so much from this! The first video I watched from your channel was the Power in Grays and that changed SO MUCH for me! Ive started to understand the color perception theory better which i think is really helping with my landscaping paintings better. Thanks for sharing your wisdom, so glad I found your channel!
Yay! I'm so glad this was helpful!!
I am so glad that I came across your channel. This video is simply so amazing. I learn so much about color and light just by watching you draw! Thank you for posting these wonderful videos.
Thanks Eggy! I'm so glad you liked it
Fantastic! The whole concept was explained very well, making it easier to understand. Keep it coming! Thank you.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found this helpful!
This is an amazing video, so well explained. I am going to keep this in mind when painting from now on. So glad I found this channel!
This has got to be one of the best videos on color and temperature I've seen on this platform. You explained it so clear and precisely that I immediately understood what you were talking about.
Yay! I'm super glad you found this helpful
Loving your videos! Please keep posting because the topics you cover and the way you explain things is unlike any of the other videos I've watched. I've been struggling with how to paint light and your videos have led to many a-ha moments already.
Yay! Comments like this make it all worth it! I'm so glad you are finding my videos helpful
I'm a self-taught oil painting artist and I've been struggling so much with color and direct and effective teaching! This has been one of the most inspiring and straightforward videos I've ever seen since my oil journey. I want to thank you frim my heart for your hard work and putting this content available 💜 life changing when I was really hitting a bump and thinking about giving up. Thank you happy holidays 😊
God bless you for this. It's always strengthening to see theory practically, thank you.
This is one of the most informative and useful videos I have seen on the topic. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, you’re brilliant!
This video is incredible, I feel like I have stumbled across a secret gem of a channel! You are an amazing teacher, the way you explain every detail and give examples makes learning so much easier. For the longest time I have struggled with light and colour. I cannot wait to use this technique and once Im comfortable, teach my daughter. Thank you and wishing you all the best.
a mindblowingly simple but important lesson. so many of my questions about art were answered, thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world.
This has been absolutely fascinating! I had no idea! When I first saw the picture of the hand with the flame orb above it, I actually saw it as skin coloured with the light playing off it. I am blown away! I live in Africa where the sun is bright and hot and have no idea how to paint scenery, animals etc, to convey this bright hot light. I can see what you have pointed out as being more useful to me than anything else I have watched on youtube. While you were talking, I quickly painted the circles of blue inside the different coloured squares to remind me of your video on colour relativity, too. Both videos have been so helpful. Thank you so much.
Thank you Pamela! I'm so glad this was helpful and hope it really helps your art grow :)
I recently discovered your channel. You are a brilliant teacher that explains things...magically...Kudos Professor!
Wow this is amazing! Thank you! You really made this topic of color and light, easier to understand. I found that there are times as I'm painting, I would unintentionally apply this without really thinking about it, however, come back next day, and find that I couldn't really reproduce the same results, consistently. Watching this was like remembering something I had forgotten. Thanks again, I'm really looking forward to seeing more great videos in the future.
I’m so glad you found this helpful! Keep creating my friend
This is the most well explained understanding of a concept that is not commonly known at all among many artists or digital artists, thank you for explaining it with such a broad scope (The colour wheel especially showed me how I can experiment with this)
I'm delighted you found this helpful!! I do hope it helps your artwork expand
i am learning traditional art and this is helping a lot !!!! i cant believe you shared this knowledge with us lots of best wishes and PRAYERS for you and your family
You are an excellent teacher. Thank you. I work in oils but the medium is irrelevant; your lessons apply to every level of visual arts and your explanations and demonstrations are clear and understandable. Please, keep this great content coming!
There is no word to describe my gratitude, sir! Just subscribed to your channel and literally drinking the videos of you like fresh water from a fountain! There were many missing links in my head about this situation which I can sense intuitively but cannot find out ... Now I know all because of your guiding!So so appreciated, greetings from Türkiye 😊🙏
Thank you so much for your videos!
I'm just happy watching 😊
You are the most helpful teacher I’ve ever had. I’ve been doing art my entire life and I felt myself plateauing and not caring about it much any more. But since I found your channel I feel like I’m an artist again and I’ve learned so much ❤
Wow, thank you Ava! I'm so glad you've got the art spark again!! Keep creating my friend!! Yes, there are so many voices out there that seem to distinguish motivation and just add confusion and crazy expectations. Art should be fun along the way and can be a delight, even when we're learning. I'm so glad you're feeling inspired! Keep creating!
Incredible. I was exclaiming aloud on multiple occasions throughout this video. Sensational stuff, Jeremy. Thank you for making all this effort to share this. It is so very much appreciated. You've changed my outlook on colour with this video and the power of grays.
Yay! I'm so very glad you found this insightful and I hope it helps make your art shine even more!
ANOTHER AMAZING ONE!
I honestly feel like I should be paying for this kind of information so expertly compacted and explained. My art has definitely improved whenever I apply your tips, and I'm excited to see more!
I already knew a bit about all of the other videos, but just the basics. However, now I feel like you've covered all of what I already knew, and I'm not even sure what I don't know anymore (talk about the dunning-kruger effect).
I'm excited to have all of my confidence in my art techniques shattered! In a kind, friendly-internet-man way :)
Yay! I'm delighted to help out Lydia! I hope your art continues to soar and you keep learning new things! Thanks again for the kind words.
This is the best video about light i've seen on youtube. It made me see and understand light in a very different way. Thank you so much !
Wow, thank you Becky! I'm so glad you found this helpful
That was incredibly helpful! I’ve been painting for years and this video has taken my understanding of color temperature to a new level! Well done sir!
Discovering your channel made my day.
That‘ definitely one of the best videos I‘ve seen on UA-cam in years! I‘m not an artist but as a photographer your knowledge on color theory is extremely helpful! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤
I'm so glad you found this helpful! :)
Every time i watch a video of yours my mind gets blown! I always have this aha moment. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information!❤
A very very thank you, you have helped me more than any other color theory tutorial/ book i have read/watched.
Wow, you're most welcome!
Thank you so much for this video. I learned so much! I was having trouble grasping the concept but your example made it understandable. I’m excited about applying what I learned. Thank you!
I learn more from one of your videos than i have in 10 years on the job
Woah! That's a high compliment! Thank you
🤯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 your videos make me gasp in awe a lot. So thoughtful, and inspiring. I learn so much and get so excited about art!
Awww thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed these
OMG we are SO LUCKY to have such a good video explaining light, it makes so much more sense now!! Thank you for giving us access to this knowledge for free, we really are very lucky to have you :')
Thank you so much for your efforts. Not often you come across something so useful, so clearly explained! Loving it!
You're most welcome!! I'm so glad you found it helpful
The add mode is practical. Thank you for this video, now I understand more about light and colours.
I love your videos! Great explanations. Thank you for the real-time demonstration.
You're most welcome Laurence! So glad you found this helpful
Wow what a great video and demonstration, this is so helpful in so many applications. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise!
You're most welcome Julia! I'm so glad you found it helpful
It's so rewarding when you find someone that really and deeply knows his craft. You are a Master of The Universe of Color and Light! Right now I'm on my knees bending over floor, extending my arms...Simply amazing how the core fundamentals are everything to it. Thank you! 🤩
Thank you Ira! I'm delighted that you are finding these videos useful. Keep being curious and forever learning! It will make a difference in your art :)
I decided to learn how to draw and paint. and I was quite scared to learn how temperature, shadows and color works... but then I found this channel and now I understand everything in a simple way. Thanks
what a concise informative demonstration… I respect and enjoy your teaching style!
Thank you MsBadinate!
It no longer shocks me that your videos are so productive and instructive. I am grateful, though, and appreciate you sharing such wonderful insights with all of us. And you are so efficient; twenty minutes and I've learned so much.
Thanks Luke! I'm so glad it's help you learn :)
This is amazing knowledge and insight, Jeremy. Again I thank you. Your videos are truly inspiring!
Thank you!!!
Wow, you’ve opened a path to questions I’ve been trying to answer for years! THANK YOU for these novel, incredible ideas. I just intuited that sunlight is a desaturated green, and I now realize I can look into the physics of light to understand color. Grateful for your insights!!
Yay! I'm so glad you found this helpful. Light is such an amazing thing
😊 Quite possibly the best video I have seen with regards to colour temperature and the practical application of it in art. I am aware of colour temperature but your explanation and demo of it is so clear and simple! Wow, you have probably just revolutionised the way I paint. Forever. Thank you 🙏 so much.
Wow, thank you Kay! I'm so glad this was helpful!!!
I'm so thankful I found your channel. I'm a color noob and your insights are really helping me understand they way light works on forms. thank you :)
You're so welcome! I'm glad you're finding this useful
oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH JEREMY! This past week I've been doing color studies and I noticed that my shadows always looked washed out. No matter how "dark" I made the hue, it just wasn't working. Now I understand why. :D Thank you thank you for making this video! It unlocked a new level for me. So excited to dive back into studies with this info.
You are the best Jeremy!!!! I learned so much from this video.
Really glad I found your channel, I'm going to learn so much - thanks!
So helpful..I took so many classes and paid a lot of money 3 years now ..and today I found you..thank you so much..one of the best tutorials for me ..greetings from Greece
This video is being a huge help while I am working on my paintings. I always did colors intuitively and wondered why some time it turned out great and the other time very plain, unesthetical. Thank You a lot for these kinds of videos :)
This was phenomenal, thank you!
The example is sooooo good, your explanation is amazing, this will help me a lot, i'm certain! Thank you so much
Thanks! I do hope it helps make your art grow :)
Once again mindblowing. ❤